Kind: Reposts
Reposting of content from another site, often with commentary.
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Shapes on a plane.
AltFlatland movie poster
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How I feel getting myself off.
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If I put a pair of telescopes in parallel, will the effect be multiplicative or additive?
Suppose I have a pair of 15x zoom telescopes (for example, I separated a pair of 15x zoom binoculars) and laid them end-to-end. Naturally there'd be some loss of field-of-vision when looking through them both. But would the resulting zoom level be 152 (i.e. 225x)? Or 15*2 (i.e. 30x)? Or something else entirely? Or … -
The Performance of Masculinity: What Men Do to fit in The Box
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There’s a difference between having understanding and compassion for the men who are trapped in the Box and cutting them slack. After all, it isn’t as if the dude in the Box is giving any slack to women, queers, transgender or genderqueer folks, or for that matter, heterosexual cisgender men who refuse to pretend to … -
You tak' the high road and Ah'll tak' the low road, and Ah'll get to the barn afore ye.
AltHighland cattle
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More socks, more orgasms.
More socks, more orgasms.
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This is my father. Call somebody you love today.
This is my father. He's dragging a tyre in the photo because he's in training to do a sponsored walk to the North Pole, to raise money for a charity called TransAid.
Apparently, tying a tyre to your waist and then dragging it around accurately simulates the effort required to drag a sled with all … -
This is what I would do with a hundred or so Dyson Bladeless Fans, too.
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Turn to page 22
AltGround Hog Day comic
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TIL that in 2010(!), Prince described the Internet as "...like MTV. At one time MTV was hip and suddenly it became outdated."
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Unlike most other rock stars, he had banned YouTube and iTunes from using any of his music and had even closed down his own official website.
He said: "The internet's completely over. I don't see why I should give my new music to iTunes or anyone else. They won't pay me … -
linked_list - every comment posted is actually the comment to the next post (s)he'll comment on
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![Image representing post: Coming out to a dad who understand sociological statistics [comic]](https://bcdn.danq.me/_q26u/2012/01/201201111-576x480.gif#10759)
Coming out to a dad who understand sociological statistics [comic]
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Urban birds sing at higher pitch than rural ones to help song carry further, research shows.
Birds that sing their songs at a higher pitch help them travel further in built-up areas.
Previously it was thought that great tits and other common birds sung at a higher pitch in noisy areas to avoid the low pitch noise from traffic and industry.
Now, scientists from Aberystwyth University and the … -
Can show you anything. Shows you what you don't want to see.
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Hey, Mods! You should get onto this list...
There's a list of UK subreddits, including a sub-list of Universities, at: http://www.reddit.com/r/raerth/comments/cwtow/brittit_british_and_anglocentric_subreddits/ - might want to get yourself added to that...